Improvement in halter-chains



G. KAMPF. Halter-Chain.

No.21l,408. Patented Jan. 14,1879.

JZZZQ ZW PETERS. PnOTO-uTHoGnAPNEH. WASHINGTON. n. c,

UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE KAMPF, or UTIOA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HALTER-CHAINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,408, dated January14, 1879; application filed December 3, 1878.

thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved halter-chain or hitching-guard forhorses, the object being to provide an attachment adapted to be snappedor otherwise fastened to any ordinary hitching-post, shed, tree, orother fixed object, the said device constructed in such a manner thatthe horse may be firmly secured by the same, and while sufficientfreedom and movement of the horses head is allowed, he will be preventedfrom gnawing or rubbing his head against the object to which he may besecured.

My invention consists in the novel construction of a hitching-chain, ashereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters indicatecorresponding parts, Figure 1 represents my improved hitchingchain inuse. Fig. 2 represents a detached view of my improved safety-hook,showing the ball-and-socket joint in section; and Fig. 3 is a detachedview of the link.

A is my improved safety-hook, the point a of which is curved inward toprevent it catching on anything it may come in contact with. a is aninternal projection, whose inner line is on a line with the inner lineof the main part of the hook, thus tending to keep the ring of thebridle or halter in the hook that may be placed therein until passedover the projection a by the hand and out through passage a?. This hookis also provided with a ball-and-socket joint, to, which prevents thechain to which it is attached becoming twisted. The part having the ballthereon is provided at its other end with an eye, a by means of which itis connected with the chain.

B is a link formed of two loops, marked, respectively,b and b united andforming an external appearance of a figure 8. The loop I) is entirelyclosed, forming a ring usually oblong in shape, and cannotbe openedwithout breakage, while loop remains in the position shown in Fig. 3until it is passed through another link, when it, being malleable, isforced down by a hammer into the position shown in the chain. (See Fig.1.)

It is obvious that should a link become broken by any means, another ofthis kind could be replaced by any one without the aid of a blacksmith,as is usual in other cases.

A single link of this or other suitable con struction connects thesafety-hook A, referred to, with abar-link, 0, having eyes at eitherend.This bar is about seven inches long, and connects, by means of its eye,with a like barlink, D, about sixteen inches long, having also eyes ateither end.

To the end of bar D are three or four links of any suit-ableconstruction, that described being preferred, and to these links issecured the snap-hook E, of ordinary construction, which, in turn, issnapped into a ring or other suitable devlce in a hitching-post or otherobject in hitching the horse to the same.

It is obvious that this construction of a hitching-chain, by means ofits bar D, will prevent the horse from gnawing the post or other objectto which he may be hitched, as he cannot get to the same; yet at thesame time he may rub his head against the long bar of the chain inprotecting himself from the flies-advantages not claimed for otherdevices used for hitching horses.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hitching-chain composed of a section of loosely-connected links andanother section of bars, 0 1), said chain provided at each end withsuitable hooks, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a hitching chain, the combination of the bar D, bar 0, link B, andhooks A and E, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a hitching-chain, the hook A, composed of parts a, a a a, and asubstantially as and for the purpose set forth,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE KAMPF. Witnesses:

EDWIN H. RISLEY, W. M. J ONES.

